State v. Locklear’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably State v. Alston (1995), State v. Hardy (1994)
43 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Oyler v. Adams · State v. Blackstock · State v. Case · State v. Jones · State v. Boone
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One of the most widely used and well-recognized methods of strengthening the credibility of a witness is by the admission of prior consistent statements.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In order to convict under [ N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-54 ] the state must show that defendant did break or enter a building unlawfully. Where defendant enters a building with the consent of the owner or anyone empowered to give effective consent to enter, such entry cannot be the basis for a conviction of breaking or entering. Conversely, a wrongful entry, i.e. without consent, will be punishable under this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is available as a witness: .... (3) Then Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition.A statement of the declarant's then existing state of mind,... (such as intent, plan, motive, design,...), but not including a statement of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Greene
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.